N0.12M. GYMNODONT FISHES OF JAl'AN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 239 
Described from a .specimen about 350 mm. long, collected at Waka- 
noura. Younger examples about 200 nmi, long, have small pale spots 
on the back and have the post-pectoral row of fainth^ ocellate spots 
absent; otherwise they are colored as the adult, with the exception 
that the large ocellate spot behind pectoral is more conspicuous. 
Young of 70 or 80 mm. length, gra}', with five dark cross bands 
above, besides dark clouds; -black blotches obscure. 
Length 450 to 500 mm. Coast of southern Japan: not rare. Our 
four specimens from Tok\'^o and AYakanoura. It is one of the most 
strongly marked species. {riihei\ red; />(«, foot.) 
8. SPHEROIDES XANTHOPTERUS (Schlegel). 
Telrodon ranthopterus Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1847, p. 284, pi. cxxv, fig. 1, 
Nagasaki. — Nystrom, Handl. Svensk. Vet. Akad., 1887, p. 48, Nagasaki. 
Gastruphysus xantJiopterns Bleeker, Act. Sue. Indo-Nederl., Ja])an, 1852, VI, 
p. 68. 
Head 3f in length; depth 3^; dorsal rays 16; anal ra} s 13. 
Length of head less than distance between head and insertion of 
dor.sal; interorbital space broad, If in head. Teeth bluntly pointed 
before, the cutting edge concave; groove between teeth prominent, the 
ridge on either side of groove low. Back prickl}- from nostrils to 
dorsal tin: abdomen with rather long, sharp prickles: sides and tail 
smooth. Lateral fold obscure. Dorsal and anal rather high and fal- 
cate. Caudal moderately lunate. 
Color bluish; sides silver}^, the back with cro.ss .shades or bands; 3 
or 4 o])lique streaks behind pectorals, besides some roundish blotches; 
sides of body and tail with 3 horizontal stripes, the upper fading into 
the color of the back, the stripes oblique at the anterior end. Base of 
dor.sal and pectorals dusky; fins yellow. The dark markings behind 
the pectorals vary, even in the same tish. 
Length 400 or 500 mm. Southern Japan; rare. A single stuffed 
specimen obtained by us at Nagasaki. 
It is regarded by Dr. Giinther as a variation of S. rubri^jes, but the 
coloration is markedly different and the fins'are higher and more acute. 
{SavOos^ yellow; Ttrepov, fin.) 
g. SPHEROIDES PARDALIS (Schlegel). 
Tetrudon jxirdalis Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, p. 282, pi. cxxi, fig. 2, Nagasaki. — 
GtJxTHER, Cat. Fish., VIII, 1870, p. 281, Nagasaki. — Nystrom, Handl. Svensk. 
Vet. Ak., 1887, p. 48, Nagasaki. — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
1900, p. ;360, Tokyo. 
Head 3 in length; depth 8^; depth of caudal peduncle 3i in head: 
e3'e 5^; snout, 2f ; interorbital space 2f; dorsal rays 10 or 11; anal 
rays 8 or 9. 
Body rather robust; caudal peduncle conical, its length 1^ in head; 
length of head .somewhat less than distance between gill-opening and 
